Stringing articles



Sept. 21,1926. 1,600,434

E. L. STRINGER STRINGING ARTICLES Filed June 10, 1921 EDW/NL. GTfP/NGEP.

Patented Sept. 21, 1926.

, EDWIN L. STRINGER, OF CUDAI-IY,

TO THE FISK RUBBER COMPANY, OF CHICOPEE PORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOE, By ASSIGNMENTS,

FALLS, MAssAon snrtrs, A COR- srameme A-n'ricnns.

Application filed June 10, 1921. Serial No. 476,543.

My invention relatesto stringing articles such as tags and the principal object of my invention is to provide new and improved apparatus and methods of stringing such articles. In the drawings accompanying thlS specification, and forming a part thereof I have shown, for purposes of illustration, one form which my invention may assume. In these drawings Figure 1 represents a general view of this illustrative embodiment, while Figure 2 is a detailed view of the cutting device.

The apparatus herein illustrated conslsts of a base 11 on which is supported a column 12 of such size that the article to be strung may be slipped over the column and this column is provided near its upper endwith an eye 13 adapted to receive the cord with which the article is to be strung. Also mounted on the base 11 is a standard 1i cutaway at 15 as shown and provided adjacent this cut-away portion with four pins 16, 17, 18, and 19, the pin 17 being provided with an angled extension 20. Mounted in the sides of the recess 15 is a table 21. Also mounted on the base 11 is a cutter 22 shown in detail in Figure 2 wherein it is shown as consisting of an upright 23 recessed at 24: and provided within this recess with a cutting blade 25. The base 11 is also shown as provided with a staple 26 through which the cord may pass. o

In operation the cord is threaded through the staple 26 and eye 13 of the column 12 and the free end allowed to extend away from the base of the column. A plurality of articles to be strung are then slipped over the column 12 causing the free end of the cord to double back within the apertures of the articles. This free end is then removed from within the aperturesof the articles and then while the free end of the cord is held in position near the column 12'the toparticle is slipped off the column and moved to a polnt adjacent the standard 14; thereby drawing with it cord from the source of supply through the staple 26, article apertures, and column aperture 13. The operator then permits the free end of the cord to move toward the support 1i and at the same time carries the article around the pins 17 16, 19, 18, and a second time about the pins 17 and 16to thus form a complete loop about the four pins whereupon the article is slipped through this loop from the rear in which motion it is guided bythe table 21; I The cord is then slipped from the pins, a knot formed by pulling the cord tight and the attached end of the cord severed by means'oi the knife25 whereupon the. article is strung and the cord tied in position and the entire device is ready for stringing the succeeding'article.

In order to facilitate measuring the cord the column 12 may be so positioned that the distance from the column to the tip of the pin 17 or to any oneot the other pins after passing about the previous pins is exactly the deslred length. The tying of the knot may be facilitated by first slipping the cordloop from any three of the pins and then tying it about the remaining pin and in order to facilitate this operation the pin 17 is provided with the extension 20 so designed that the cord-loop will be retained on this extension when it is slipped from the pins 16, 19, and 18. v 7

It will of course be obvious that the articles may be placed on the column 12 one at a time but it'is of advantage to simriltane ously place a plurality of articles and thereby eliminate repetition of the removal of the free end of the cord from the article aperture. In some cases it is desirable to tie together two articles and in such case the articles may-all be arranged in order and put on simultaneously or each pair may be put on separately or all the articles of one kind may be put on at one time and then an article of the other kind placed over the column at each operation.

Various ehanges'may be made in the device herein shown and the disclosure herein is illustrative only and my invention is, of course, not limited thereto.

1. A device for stringing, articles comprising a column adapted to enter the aperture in an article to be strung and arranged to support near the free end thereof a cord, means about which a cord loop may be formed, means to guide said article through said loop, and means for cutting said cord.

2. In a device for stringing artlcles, a column adapted to enter the aperture 1n an article-to be strungand arranged to support a cord near the free end of said column,

means about which a cord loop may be formed and means tov guide said article through said loop.

3. In a device for stringing articles, means about which a cord loop may be formed, and means to guide an article through said loop.

4. The device as in claim 3, in combination with means for cutting said cord.

5. A device for stringing articles comprising a column adapted to enter the aperture in an article to be strung and provided near its free end With means to support a cord, a support, adjacent the column provided with spaced pins abo-utwhich a cord loop may be formed and means positioned intermediate the pins to guide the article through the loop formed on the pins.

6. A device for stringing articles comprising a column adapted to enter the aperture in an article to be strung and provided near its free end with an opening to support a cord, a U-shaped support adjacent the column, spaced pins supported by the arms of the U about Which the cord may. be looped and a table supported between the arms of the U adapted toguide the article through the loop so formed. 7

7. The process of stringing articles Which comprises slipping an article over a doubled cord, pulling the free branch of said cord from the aperture of said article and paralleling it with the other branch of said cord, looping the paralleled cords, passing the article through the loop so formed, and

drawing tight the knot thus loosely formed,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to the above specification.

"EDWIN L. STRINGER; 

